patchworkbunny reviewed The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw
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4 stars
A macabre fairytale, gruesome but beautifully written.
128 pages
English language
Published Jan. 23, 2023 by Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom.
After murdering her husband and burning his kingdom to cinders, a mermaid joins a strange doctor on a journey through the eerie taiga. Deep in the woods, the pair stumble upon a village, full of seemingly ageless children and the three surgeons who oversee them―called only “the saints.”
After discovering the villagers’ taste for a sinister blood sport, the mermaid and her companion must embrace the darkest parts of their true nature, if they hope to survive.
A macabre fairytale, gruesome but beautifully written.